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• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, March 30, 2026 March 30, 2026
  Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
• Record anti-Trump crowds reported in Central Ohio  March 30, 2026
  Organizers estimated that 27,000 marched from the Ohio Statehouse through downtown Columbus Saturday as part of the third No Kings protest against Donald Trump and his administration. Earlier in the day, an estimated 23,000 turned out for smaller protests around central Ohio, an organizer said. Those and thousands of other protests drew an estimated 8 […]
• Ohio House child care bills take aim at fraud, providers say state is solving for lack of a problem March 30, 2026
  Child care providers and local officials talked about the challenges that would be brought from two Ohio House bills focused on how alleged child care fraud is investigated, and how attendance is overseen at individual child care centers. Ohio House Bill 647 and House Bill 649 were brought up by Republican co-sponsors in response to […]
• Ohio prosecutor pushes back against child care fraud legislation March 30, 2026
  An Ohio prosecuting attorney came to an Ohio House committee personally to oppose a bill regarding child care fraud cases, and set the record straight on claims about child care fraud made by legislators. Franklin County Prosecutor Shayla Favor spoke against Ohio House Bill 649’s provisions that would move authority in any child care fraud […]
• Ohio Supreme Court will decide on gender-affirming care for transgender youth lawsuit March 30, 2026
  The Ohio Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of an Ohio law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth.  The court heard oral arguments last Tuesday in a case challenging Ohio House Bill 68 and a decision will be made in the coming months. The court is made up of six Republicans and one Democratic justice. […]
• Ohio Sen. Louis Blessing praises veterans. So why won’t he let them have a vote? March 30, 2026
  Across the country, states are recognizing a simple truth: when a veteran returns home with a 100% service-connected disability, that sacrifice deserves meaningful recognition. One of the most common ways states do this is through relief from the property taxes on the home that veteran fought to defend. Twenty-one states have already passed laws granting […]